Hand brake for railway cars



Feb. 20, 1923. 1,446,226. F. B. TowNsENn.

HANDBRAKE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

FILED .IUNE 12| |919.

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i HAND BRAKE BAILTTAY CARS.

Application led 3 une 12,

One of the objects of my invention to provide a simple and eilicient hand brake` having a drop handle. The other objects will appear from the description ot the invention hereinafter -following.

ln the drawings forming a part oi' this specification, Figure l illustrates myinvention applied to aA railroad car, only a small portion of said car being shown. Figure 2 is a horizontal section oit a hand brake` embodying my invention. Figure 3 is a vertical section' thereof. n

Referring to the drawings, theninoeral l() indicates a portion oit the traine ot a. railroadcar showing the foot iron ll.` and the ab irons 12l2 connected thereto. indicates a. brake staff going through a portion oi the car and provided with a bralefchain .i4 adapted to be wound npon the drum l5 of the staff. At its upper end, the staff is pro- Avided with.` a. rotatable .ratchet Vwheel lilv which is mounted within the easing i7, which is appropriately secured t0 the car-ac, 'tor n A springpressed holding pawl is indicated at. i9. A; hub 2O surrounds the ratchet lo and is provided with a hollow sleeve 2l, at the inner end ot which is mounted the operating pawl 22 provided with the teeth 23 adapted to engage the rotatable wheel .16. rlhe said vpawl is adapted to slide within the sleeve, its longitudinal movement being limited by the pin 24 which passes through anelongated slot 25 in the operating pawl. rllhe said pin has its ends secured in the side arms oi' a pawl actuating member 27between the outer end 28 of which, and the outer end 29 ot the operating pawl, a spring 30 is mounted. The operating member 27 is outwardly provided with a pair of spaced-apart lugs 3l between which the end of a toggle 32 is re-y ceived which. is pivoted thereto by'means lois. semi no. 303,735.

a pin in operating handle Se is pivoted within the sleeve at its outerend by means of the pin or bolt 5:35, and tothe inner end oi said handle,` as at 3,6, is pivoted the toggle 32, the sleeve being at this point enlarged, as indicated 3'4", to permit tl'ieoperation oi" the toggle and'handle end therein. The said handle is or the drop type and when in its raised position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure l and in Figure 3 drawings, the toggle is alined with the axis of the handle and ot the pawl operating member, forcing the pawl operating member s inwardly and through the spring 80, driving the Aoperating pawl into engagement with the r tchet wheel. Un'inoving the handle in one direction-fas, for instance, contra-clockwise,

as shown inFigure 2 ot the drawings, the

ratchet'wheel is turned in the same direction turning thebralre statt and winding up the' chain until at the end of the handle `stroke the operator may return the handle ywithout dropping the same for further strokes, the

ratchet upon each return being held against clozliwise rotationby the holilingpawl 19.

`On dropping theoperating handle Se, the

toggle" draws thepawl operating member outwardly inthe sleeve, withdrawingthe operating pawl from its engagement with the ratchet. t will be observed that by the einployment out the toggle a very short inner end ttor' the operating handle may be 'cinrployed, making the device simple and et a construct-.ion sufficiently small to not be cumbersome and oi' positive and edicient action.

opera-ting pawl `for the ratchet wheel, a guide extending transversely of the ratchet wheel forsaid pawl, anoperating handle for the paw] and a toggle connection including a spring cushion between the operating handle and the pawl.

" 3. lnk a. hand brake, in combination, a

`brake chain, a drum therefor, a ratchet asso elated with said drum, a hub rotatable about said ratchet, anroperatng sleeve extended laterally from lthe hub, an operating Pavel Within said sleeve, a handle pfoted to the sleeve-Hand a ltoggle connection including e Spring Cushion between the operating handler und the operating pawl.

4f. ln a hand brake,l ln comhnntonz ver tlcally extencllng statt" ha'aflng @ratchet Wheel rotatable 1n nnlson'therewztlne horrzontelly elda'hle operating pawl cooperable with said ratchet ,wheel7 means' ior snpportng sind Wthj' and deengeglngt from, the-ratchet,

- said means inflading a potetl'leverjedepted f to drop to an inoperatlfe posltlonn vlnlnenrce of gravrty ande toggle between Seid lever and, the operating pawl, the latter being Withdrawn from operative position WhenA the lever drops.

er the berend the pzrwl to Vyeldingfly 'torce the letter toward the ratchet 1theel. 4

ln Witness that l Cle-inl the [oregon1g l here hereunto Subscribed ny naine the tlth (lay of lts/lay, 1919.` v y FREDERCK B. TUVNSEND. 

